Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway - Diesel/electric Shunters

Diesel/electric Shunters

As with almost all of the preserved lines in Britain, diesel shunters are prominently used to move rolling stock and locomotives around the yard at Bo'ness.

Number & name Description Current status Livery Date Photograph
None Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engine Co. Ltd. 4w 0-4-0 Static display in the museum. Dark Blue 1940
No. 1 Andrew Barclay 0-6-0 Diesel-Mechanical Static display in the museum. Green 1941
None Ruston & Hornsby 4w Diesel-Mechanical 88DS 0-4-0 Stored/Static display N/A 1949
No. 7 Ruston & Hornsby 4w Diesel-Mechanical 88DS 0-4-0 Stored N/A 1949
No. P6687 Ruston and Hornsby 4w 0-4-0 Operational, regularly serves as a stock shunter. Green 1951
None Ruston & Hornsby Diesel-Mechanical 88DS 0-4-0 Operational. Green 1952
"Tiger" North British Locomotive Co. 4w 0-4-0DH Static display in the museum. Red 1954
"Texaco" No. 3 4w 0-4-0DM Operational at Scottish Vintage Bus Museum. Red 1958
Clyde Iron Works No. 1 4w 0-4-0DE Stored Green 1958
Clyde Iron Works No. 3 4w 0-4-0DE Stored Green 1958
No. D3558. BR 0-6-0 Class 08 Operational. BR Green 1958
No. D2767 BR 0-4-0 North British shunter Operational. BR Green 1960
No. 802 Ruston & Hornsby 4w 0-4-0DH Stored. N/A 1962
None Motor-rail Simplex 3ft 4w 0-4-0DM Stored Green 1970

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